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Title: The People of Sand and Slag Title Record # 194440
Author: Paolo Bacigalupi
Date: 2004-02-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Webpages: drabblecast.org, Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
Synopsis: In a future where humans are kept alive by nanobots which repair all bodily damage and convert any type of matter into nutrition, and where all animals are extinct and replaced by bioengineered humans, three security officers find a single feral dog.
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Translations
Year Language Title
2008Translated by Silviu Genescu and/or Roxana Brinceanu and/or Laura Bocancios and/or Gabriel Stoian and/or Antuza Genescu and/or Ana-Veronica Mircea
Romanian
Oameni de nisip și zgură?Oameni de nisip si zgura
2012Translated by 中原尚哉(Nakahara Naoya)
Japanese
砂と灰の人々?すなとはいのひとびと
Suna to Hai no Hitibito
[as by
パオロ・バチガルピ?Paoro Bachigarupi
]
2013Translated by Manuel de los Reyes
Spanish Seres de arena y escoria
2014Translated by Julien Bétan
French Peuple de sable et de poussière
2019Translated by Rogerio Galindo and/or Rosiane Correia de Freitas
Portuguese O povo da areia e da escória

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, February 2004 2004-02-00 ed. Gordon Van Gelder Spilogale, Inc.  
$3.99?$: US dollar
164
digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".
mag Bob Eggleton Checkmark
Science Fiction: The Best of 2004 2005-01-00 ed. Karen Haber, Jonathan Strahan ibooks 1-59019-543-4
$7.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth Checkmark
Science Fiction: The Best of 2004 2005-02-00 ed. Karen Haber, Jonathan Strahan ibooks 1-4165-0404-4
$7.99?$: US dollar
xii+
404
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
anth Danny Cardle Checkmark
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Second Annual Collection 2005-07-00 ed. Gardner Dozois St. Martin's Griffin / SFBC 1188574
$14.99?$: US dollar
lii+
822
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Stephan Martiniere  
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Second Annual Collection 2005-07-00 ed. Gardner Dozois St. Martin's Griffin 0-312-33659-4
$35.00?$: US dollar
xl+
663
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Stephan Martiniere Checkmark
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Second Annual Collection 2005-07-00 ed. Gardner Dozois St. Martin's Griffin 0-312-33660-8
$19.95?$: US dollar
xl+
663
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
anth Stephan Martiniere Checkmark
The Mammoth Book of Best New Science Fiction: 18th Annual Collection 2005-09-00 ed. Gardner Dozois Robinson 1-84529-116-6
£9.99?£: UK pound
xlv+
722
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
anth  
The People of Sand and Slag 2006-01-00 Paolo Bacigalupi Fictionwise  
$0.00?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
chap  
Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse 2008-01-00 ed. John Joseph Adams Night Shade Books 978-1-59780-105-8
$15.95?$: US dollar
333
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
anth Daniel Kvasznicza Checkmark
Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse 2008-01-00 ed. John Joseph Adams Night Shade Books 978-1-59780-105-8
$15.95?$: US dollar
333
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
anth Daniel Kvasznicza Checkmark
Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse 2008-01-00 ed. John Joseph Adams Night Shade Books 978-1-59780-238-3
$9.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth Daniel Kvasznicza Checkmark
Pump Six and Other Stories 2008-02-00 Paolo Bacigalupi Night Shade Books 978-1-59780-133-1
$24.95?$: US dollar
239
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Claudia Noble Checkmark
Pump Six and Other Stories 2008-02-00 Paolo Bacigalupi Night Shade Books 978-1-59780-134-8
$49.00?$: US dollar
248
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Claudia Noble  
Pump Six and Other Stories 2008-02-01 Paolo Bacigalupi Night Shade Books 978-1-59780-237-6
$6.00?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll Claudia Noble Checkmark
Pump Six and Other Stories 2008-02-01 Paolo Bacigalupi Start Publishing 978-1-59780-237-6
$14.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
The Year's Best Science Fiction (vol. III) 2008-05-00 ed. Gardner Dozois Editura Nemira (Nautilus) 978-973-143-175-8   736
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
anth Stephan Martiniere  
Pump Six and Other Stories 2010-12-00 Paolo Bacigalupi Night Shade Books 978-1-59780-202-4
$14.99?$: US dollar
239
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
coll Claudia Noble Checkmark
Pump Six and Other Stories 2010-12-00 Paolo Bacigalupi Brilliance Audio 978-1-4418-9220-1
$29.99?$: US dollar
 
audio CD?Compact disc with standard audio tracks
coll  
第六ポンプ?だいろくポンプ
Dairoku Ponpu
2012-02-05
パオロ・バチガルピ?Paoro Bachigarupi
早川書房?Hayakawa Shobō
Hayakawa Shobo
はやかわしょぼう
ハヤカワショボウ
 
¥972?¥: Japanese yen
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll
鈴木康士?すずきやすし
Suzuki Yasushi
 
第六ポンプ?だいろくポンプ
Dairoku Ponpu
2012-02-06
パオロ・バチガルピ?Paoro Bachigarupi
早川書房?Hayakawa Shobō
Hayakawa Shobo
はやかわしょぼう
ハヤカワショボウ
978-4-15-011934-8
¥1,058?¥: Japanese yen
510
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll
鈴木康士?すずきやすし
Suzuki Yasushi
 
The Mammoth Book of Best New Science Fiction: 18th Annual Collection 2012-03-01 ed. Gardner Dozois Robinson 978-1-78033-721-0
£2.49?£: UK pound
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth Checkmark
The Drabblecast, #261 2012-10-30 ed. Norm Sherman The Drabblecast  
$0.00?$: US dollar
 
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.
mag Checkmark
Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse 2013-06-00 ed. John Joseph Adams Orbit 978-1-4055-2883-2
£2.99?£: UK pound
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth  
La bomba número seis y otros relatos 2013-06-06 Paolo Bacigalupi Fantascy 978-84-15831-02-0
€18.90?€: Euro
395
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
coll Guillermo Kelly  
La fille-flûte et autres fragments de futurs brisés 2014-05-00 Paolo Bacigalupi Au Diable Vauvert 978-2-84626-798-4
€23.00?€: Euro
434
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
coll Olivier Fontvieille  
The Very Best of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Volume 2 2014-07-15 ed. Gordon Van Gelder Tachyon Publications 978-1-61696-163-3
$15.95?$: US dollar
419
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
anth Thomas Canty Checkmark
Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse 2015-01-00 ed. John Joseph Adams Titan Books 978-1-78329-148-9
$7.99?$: US dollar
592
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
anth  
La fille-flûte et autres fragments de futurs brisés 2015-10-14 Paolo Bacigalupi J'ai Lu (J'ai Lu - Science Fiction #11232) 978-2-290-03265-7   416
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll
Aurélien Police?Aurelien Police
 
Mundos apocalípticos: histórias do fim dos tempos 2019-08-23 ed. John Joseph Adams Planeta Minotauro 978-85-422-1719-3
R$30.04?R$: Brazilian real
567
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth Christophe Dessaigne  
Pump Six and Other Stories date unknown Paolo Bacigalupi Night Shade Books 1-59780-133-X
$24.95?$: US dollar
239
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Claudia Noble Checkmark
Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse date unknown ed. John Joseph Adams Night Shade Books 978-1-59780-105-8
$15.95?$: US dollar
333
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
anth Daniel Kvasznicza Checkmark
Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse date unknown ed. John Joseph Adams Night Shade Books 978-1-59780-105-8
C$19.95?C$: Canadian dollar
333
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
anth Daniel Kvasznicza Checkmark
Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse date unknown ed. John Joseph Adams Titan Books 978-1-78329-148-9
$8.99?$: US dollar
592
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
anth Checkmark
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